SMTC vs. LSCC, ALTR, MTSI, CRUS, RMBS, POWI, SLAB, DIOD, AMBA, and AOSL
Should you be buying Semtech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semtech include Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Diodes (DIOD), Ambarella (AMBA), and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) and Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Lattice Semiconductor has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Semtech has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lattice Semiconductor had 3 more articles in the media than Semtech. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Lattice Semiconductor and 9 mentions for Semtech. Semtech's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Lattice Semiconductor's score of 0.46 indicating that Lattice Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lattice Semiconductor has a net margin of 31.42% compared to Lattice Semiconductor's net margin of -129.52%. Semtech's return on equity of 28.61% beat Lattice Semiconductor's return on equity.
98.1% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Semtech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lattice Semiconductor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Semtech. Semtech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lattice Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lattice Semiconductor presently has a consensus target price of $82.09, suggesting a potential upside of 49.07%. Semtech has a consensus target price of $48.90, suggesting a potential upside of 57.79%. Given Lattice Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Semtech is more favorable than Lattice Semiconductor.
Semtech received 180 more outperform votes than Lattice Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.93% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 69.05% of users gave Lattice Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Summary
Lattice Semiconductor beats Semtech on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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